The dynamics of globalization / Laurence Harris -- Economic policies and external performance in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa / Ernest Aryeetey and Machiko Nissanke -- Governments and external performance in Africa / Beatrice Weder -- Local entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia and...

Introduction : bringing domestic institutions back in / Linda Weiss -- Disappearing taxes or the 'race to the middle'? Fiscal policy in the OECD / John Hobson -- Withering welfare? Globalisation, political economic institutions, and contemporary welfare states / Duane Swank -- Globalisation and...

Dilip Das addresses one of the most important aspects of international trade, namely regional trade and regional integration agreements. He analyses the latest trends, evaluates the pattern and gauges the progress of regional integration in the global economy over the post-war and contemporary...

Publisher's description: The riot-torn meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999 was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now raging over globalization, which critics blame for everything from child labour to environmental degradation, cultural...

This book is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the key issues and challenges facing regional currency area projects in the context of financial globalization. The authors focus on several central issues that emerged during the experiences of the 1990s and 2000s:...

Top scholars in the field of international business contribute to this comprehensive analysis of the current state-of-the-art in IB research. The focus of the book is to examine the current state of international business research from an issue-oriented approach rather than functional approaches...